Åke

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title: "Åke" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["swedish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] description: "Swedish masculine given name" topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Åke" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Swedish masculine given name ::

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Field	Value
name	Åke
pronunciation
gender	Male
meaning	from ano, "ancestor"
language	medieval Germanic, Sweden
seealso	Åge, Aage
name day	May 8 (Sweden)
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| name = Åke | image= | image_size= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning =from ano, "ancestor" | language = medieval Germanic, Sweden | seealso = Åge, Aage | name day = May 8 (Sweden)

Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:

• Åke Åkerström (1902–1991), Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar
• Åke Andersson (1906–1982), Swedish footballer
• Åke Andersson (1917–1983), Swedish footballer
• Åke Andersson (1918–1982), Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach
• Åke Andersson (1925–2005), Swedish long-distance runner
• Åke Andersson (born 1936), Swedish speedway rider
• Åke Backström (1919–2005), Finnish diplomat
• Åke Bergman (1896–1941), Swedish swimmer
• Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
• Åke Berntsson (1934–2016), Swedish rower
• Åke Bonnier (born 1957), Swedish Bishop
• Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
• Åke Call (born 1942), Swedish sports shooter
• Åke Carlsson (1936–2007), Swedish wrestler
• Åke Claesson (1889–1967), Swedish actor
• Åke Dahlqvist (1901–1991), Swedish cinematographer
• Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
• Åke Ekman (1912–1965), Finnish speed skater
• Åke Gerhard Ekstrand (1846–1933), Swedish chemist and public servant
• Åke Eliaeson (1923–2015), Swedish tennis player
• Åke Ericson (born 1962), Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer
• Åke Ericson (1913–1986), Swedish ice hockey player
• Åke Falck (1925–1974), Swedish film director
• Åke Fiskerstrand (born 1948), Norwegian rower
• Åke Fjästad (1887–1956), Swedish footballer
• Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
• Åke Gartz (1888–1974), Finnish politician
• Åke Gerhard (1921–2009), Swedish songwriter
• Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
• Åke Grönberg (1914–1969), Swedish actor
• Åke Grönhagen (1885–1974), Swedish pentathlete and fencer
• Åke Grönlund, Swedish table tennis player
• Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
• Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
• Åke Hallgren (1918–2005), Swedish triple jumper
• Åke Hallman (1912–1973), Swedish footballer
• Åke Hammarskjöld (1893–1937), Swedish lawyer and diplomat
• Åke Hansson (1903–1981), Swedish footballer
• Åke Hansson (1927–2015), Swedish footballer
• Åke Hedberg (1929–1971), Swedish weightlifter
• Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower
• Åke Hellman (1915–2017), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter
• Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
• Åke Hök (1889–1963), Swedish Army officer and horse rider
• Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), Swedish writer and translator
• Åke Hultberg (born 1949), Swedish equestrian
• Åke Jansson (1916–1998), Swedish long-distance runner
• Åke Jensen (1912–1993), Swedish actor and singer
• Åke Jönsson (1925–1998), Swedish footballer
• Åke Jonsson (1919–2007), Swedish diplomat
• Åke Jonsson (born 1942), Swedish motocross racer
• Åke Johansson (1928–2014), Swedish footballer
• Åke Julin (1919–2008), Swedish water polo player
• Åke Karlsson (1911–1958), Finnish boxer
• Åke Kastlund (1916–1999), Swedish prelate
• Åke Kromnow (1914–1986), Swedish archivist
• Åke Larsson (1931–2017), Swedish footballer
• Åke Lassas (1924–2009), Swedish ice hockey player
• Åke Lindblom (1919–1992), Swedish sports shooter
• Åke Lindemalm (1910–2004), Swedish Navy officer
• Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor
• Åke Lindström (1928–2002), Swedish actor and film director
• Åke Lundeberg (1888–1939), Swedish sport shooter
• Åke Lundqvist (1936–2021), Swedish actor
• Åke Mangård (1917–1998), Swedish Air Force major general
• Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
• Åke Nilsson (1927–1991), Swedish alpine skier
• Åke Nilsson (1937–2005), Swedish sprint canoeist
• Åke Nilsson (born 1945), Swedish javelin thrower
• Åke Nilsson (born 1982), Swedish golfer
• Åke Nordin (1936–2013), Swedish entrepreneur
• Åke Öberg (born 1937), Swedish professor
• Åke Ödmark (1916–1994), Swedish high jumper
• Åke Ohberg (1905–1975), Swedish actor and film director
• Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984), Swedish author, translator, and scholar
• Åke Olivestedt (1924–1998), Swedish cyclist
• Åke Olsson (1934–2009), Swedish chess player
• Åke Olsson, Swedish footballer
• Åke Ortmark (1929–2018), Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter
• Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
• Åke Persson (1932–1975), Swedish jazz trombonist
• Åke Pettersson (1926–2000), Finnish footballer
• Åke Pettersson, Swedish footballer
• Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician
• Åke Pousette (born 1949), Swedish andrologist
• Åke Rakell (1935–2012), Swedish table tennis player
• Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman
• Åke Rydberg (born 1938), Swedish ice hockey player and footballer
• Åke Sagrén (1935–2022), Swedish Army officer
• Åke Samuelsson (1913–1995), Swedish footballer
• Åke Sandgren (born 1955), Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter
• Åke Sandin (born 1944), Swedish sprint canoer
• Åke Sellström (born 1948), Swedish academic and arms specialist
• Åke Senning (1915–2000), Swedish cardiac surgeon
• Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater
• Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Swedish Assyriologist
• Åke Sjölin (1910–1999), Swedish diplomat
• Åke Skyttevall (born 1956), Swedish basketball player
• Åke Söderblom (1910–1965), Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter
• Åke Söderlund (1925–2002), Swedish racewalking athlete
• Åke Stenborg (1926–2010), Swedish chess player
• Åke Stenqvist (1914–2006), Swedish sprinter and long jumper
• Åke V. Ström (1909–1994), Swedish theologian
• Åke Strömmer (1936–2005), Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host
• Åke Sundborg (1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist
• Åke Svenson (born 1953), Swedish middle-distance runner
• Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
• Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
• Åke Uddén (1903–1987), Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator
• Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer
• Åke Wärnström (1925–2018), Swedish boxer
• Åke Wihtol (1924–2002), Finnish lawyer and politician
• Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
• Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
• Lars-Åke Lagrell (1940–2020), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
• Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

References

References

1. "View Name: Åke". behindthename.com.

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